News Writer:
Jessica Stoller-Conrad
Caltech alum Laurie Leshin will be the 16th president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Caltech alumna Laurie Leshin (MS '89, PhD '95), has been named the new president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Massachusetts. Leshin, previously the dean of the School of Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), will be the first woman to lead WPI in the university's 150-year history.